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What is the purchasing power of the neighborhoods within 1-mile of Euclid Ave in Midtown? Anyone who is a tenant, employee or customer of the new developments along Euclid in Midtown is likely coming from much farther away than 1 mile. So most are driving. No pedestrian activity.

Oh yeah, I forgot to share my article in case anyone wants to read a PR rewrite.... Bulkley Residences at Playhouse Square get spotlight By Ken Prendergast / March 13, 2025 The stage is set for the debut of The Bulkley Residences in Downtown Cleveland’s Playhouse Square District. Its 84 apartments have layouts spanning four floors of the nine-story historic Bulkley Building, 1501 Euclid Ave. in the heart of Playhouse Square. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/13/bulkley-residences-at-playhouse-square-get-spotlight/

Done

Port OK’s financing for $93.5M worth of projects — West Side Market, Superior Arts District apts By Ken Prendergast / March 13, 2025 Two transformative projects — a nearly $50 million West Side Market overhaul and a $44 million Superior Arts District mixed-use project — received significant financial support today from the Port of Cleveland following their approval by the board of directors. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/13/port-oks-financing-for-93-5m-worth-of-projects-west-side-market-superior-arts-district-apts/

FYI

Port OK’s financing for $93.5M worth of projects — West Side Market, Superior Arts District apts By Ken Prendergast / March 13, 2025 Two transformative projects — a nearly $50 million West Side Market overhaul and a $44 million Superior Arts District mixed-use project — received significant financial support today from the Port of Cleveland following their approval by the board of directors. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/13/port-oks-financing-for-93-5m-worth-of-projects-west-side-market-superior-arts-district-apts/

FYI....

GOP Congressmen urge moving NASA’s HQ and its 2,500 employees to Cleveland By Ken Prendergast / March 12, 2025 Both of Ohio’s U.S. senators and 11 of its 15 Congressional representatives urged in a joint letter yesterday to Vice President J.D. Vance and NASA Director Jared Isaacman to relocate the space agency’s 2,500-employee headquarters to Ohio, specifically to Cleveland, after its Washington DC HQ lease expires in 2028. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/12/gop-congressmen-urge-moving-nasas-hq-and-its-2500-employees-to-cleveland/

Baker Construction buys Cleveland Cement assets By Ken Prendergast / March 12, 2025 As part of an ongoing effort to expand the company’s presence across the U.S, Baker Construction of Monroe in Southwest Ohio announced this week that it will be purchasing the equipment assets from Cleveland Cement Contractors, a Brooklyn Heights-based full-service concrete contractor. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/12/baker-construction-buys-cleveland-cement-assets/

https://myplace.cuyahogacounty.gov/MainPage/PropertyData is even more up to date than Google.

Some cool city scenes in this!

A friend of my wife's wrote and performed this song, and created this cool video with lots of Cleveland scenes in it. BTW, she's from Ukraine and barely speaks any English....

Starbucks is next chain to arrive in Ohio City By Ken Prendergast / March 11, 2025 A shift to more chain businesses is under way in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. In February, NEOtrans was first to report that Chipotle is opening a store on West 25th Street in the neighborhood’s Market District. Now, we’ve confirmed that Starbucks has leased a spot near the West Side Market and across Abbey Avenue from the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) Red Line rail station. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/11/starbucks-is-next-chain-to-arrive-in-ohio-city/

More of a baby bomb. Not really an "official NEOtrans" bomb. 😁

Confirmed. Article coming. 💣

Here's the answer.... Hough Bakery plant site gets renewed interest By Ken Prendergast / March 10, 2025 A Central Ohio developer is proposing a senior affordable housing complex across the street from the long-vacant Hough Bakery plant, which appears to be a part of renewed interest in redeveloping this area. The site, in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood is also across the street from East Cleveland’s Circle East District. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/10/hough-bakery-plant-site-gets-renewed-interest/

That site has already has had too much trouble. What was the name of the club that was there that got raided a few times for drugs (ecstasy, coke, etc)? Here we go again.....

You've been busy! Great summary of activity in this and other neighborhoods!

Not aware of any plans. Since they're apparently using that site for construction offices and setup, it will probably be a while before we hear anything permanent for that spot.

Yes, site prep work is getting underway. Still no construction permit though.

I'm reluctant to start a new thread. But since we don't have anything related to it, and this appears to be and apparently urban problem, here it is... The Great Grocery Squeeze How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/food-deserts-robinson-patman/680765/

Warner & Swasey redevelopment on precipice of becoming reality By Ian McDaniel / March 9, 2025 A coalition of developers from throughout the state of Ohio assembled at Cleveland City Hall Friday to discuss the transformation of the abandoned Warner & Swasey building in Midtown Cleveland. A project seven years in the making, representatives from developer Pennrose LLC’s Cincinnati office, architect Moody Nolan of Columbus and Midtown Cleveland Inc. sought schematic approval for the adaptive reuse project. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/09/warner-swasey-redevelopment-on-precipice-of-becoming-reality/

Bigger than I expected!

Yes, they would be.

Meh... CSU seeks to redevelop Wolstein Center site By Ken Prendergast / March 7, 2025 Cleveland State University is seeking to redevelop the Wolstein Center arena site in Downtown Cleveland and today issued a request for developers to submit their qualifications to do the job. But the request for qualifications leaves it to developers to decide whether the 34-year-old arena, 2000 Prospect Ave., should stay or go. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/03/07/csu-seeks-to-redevelop-wolstein-center-site/